Blog – Will Dig Life

04 Jun, 2026 I wash my hair once a month (and then with only water)
01 Jun, 2026 Mobile phones for my kids
02 Mar, 2026 The long, long days of winter
01 Jan, 2026 Into 2026: intentions and reflections
24 Dec, 2025 Advent 2025
18 Dec, 2025 Family Stories: not one happy marriage - this ends here
04 Nov, 2025 Home Ed FAQ: do you ever doubt your choice?
21 Oct, 2025 Living restfully
07 Sep, 2025 Re-entry 2025: back to not-school
25 Aug, 2025 Vienna 2025
03 Jul, 2025 Reviewing this past (non-)school year
30 Jun, 2025 Early summer days
19 May, 2025 My littl'un is nine
20 Apr, 2025 Easter 2025
27 Mar, 2025 Allotmenteering
07 Mar, 2025 Mystery of the Magical Werecats: a collaboration
14 Feb, 2025 Song of my 10-year-old's heart
04 Jan, 2025 Get to know me: a tapestry of jobs
30 Dec, 2024 2024: our year
24 Nov, 2024 Eating meat after 20 years vegan
11 Oct, 2024 Home Ed club
01 Oct, 2024 10 years a mother
11 Sep, 2024 Searching for community
08 Sep, 2024 Back to (not-school) routine
28 Aug, 2024 Final trip of 2024: Norway
16 Aug, 2024 Vienna 2024
19 Jun, 2024 Living simply: clothing
03 Jun, 2024 Home Ed FAQ: how do they ever learn to read and write?
18 May, 2024 My boy at 8
07 May, 2024 A weekend in London
18 Apr, 2024 Spring Harvest 2024: Minehead
21 Mar, 2024 Snow in Norway
01 Mar, 2024 Home Ed FAQ: what about socialisation?
05 Feb, 2024 Poorly in Spain
03 Jan, 2024 Making home, feeding kids: I've come a long way
30 Dec, 2023 2023: our year
23 Dec, 2023 Advent 2023
02 Nov, 2023 Not home enough?
29 Oct, 2023 I'm not the parent I want to be
15 Sep, 2023 Thrown into a new reality - and back again
13 Sep, 2023 Sweden: scenery and gnats
20 Aug, 2023 Vienna 2023
08 Jul, 2023 Get to know me: I'm all in
05 Jun, 2023 Milestones in faith
01 Jun, 2023 My boy is 7!
12 Feb, 2023 Spain: seeking winter sun
15 Jan, 2023 What are we? Freelearners!
02 Jan, 2023 Into 2023
30 Dec, 2022 2022: our year
20 Nov, 2022 Autumn: being here now
07 Nov, 2022 Life with an eight-year-old
03 Nov, 2022 Get to know me: mentors in my life
10 Sep, 2022 A week in Germany
21 Aug, 2022 Vienna 2022
09 Aug, 2022 Towards a more tempered view of the past
19 May, 2022 New home, new car, new business, oh my!
16 Apr, 2022 Spring Harvest 2022: Skegness
18 Mar, 2022 A slower pace of living
24 Feb, 2022 Planning our Lent 2022
17 Feb, 2022 A few days of Spanish sunshine
03 Feb, 2022 To stop overfilling our diaries
20 Jan, 2022 Reclaiming my attention
11 Jan, 2022 Family, minimalism, and social media - decluttered
30 Dec, 2021 2021: our year
03 Nov, 2021 Autumn 2021: a day in the life
20 Oct, 2021 Becoming Catholic (kind of again)
06 Sep, 2021 Seismic Shifts
24 Aug, 2021 Vienna 2021
12 Jul, 2021 Somerset holiday
23 Jun, 2021 Entering into their world
12 Jun, 2021 Loving boundaries
22 May, 2021 My youngest is 5!
15 May, 2021 Allowing dependence
11 May, 2021 Wales holiday
22 Apr, 2021 Letting go / keeping close
06 Apr, 2021 Where I'm going with social media
05 Apr, 2021 Emerging, hopefully, from Covid
10 Mar, 2021 Lent 2021: being kind to myself
06 Mar, 2021 Sleeping arrangements
01 Mar, 2021 Lent 2021: letting go of perfection
23 Feb, 2021 Lent 2021: on self worth
23 Feb, 2021 Communication with my children
18 Feb, 2021 Lent 2021: practicing presence
16 Feb, 2021 Asked my kids what they really think of me...
15 Feb, 2021 Lent 2021: a practice of presence
14 Feb, 2021 Lent 2021: Lent after a Lenten year
11 Feb, 2021 Lockdown times: staying at home
29 Jan, 2021 Goodbye Facebook
18 Jan, 2021 Softening: a journey
16 Jan, 2021 Lessons from the monastery
30 Dec, 2020 2020: our year (a strangely positive look back)
01 Dec, 2020 Advent 2020: saying yes
27 Oct, 2020 Devon holiday
18 Oct, 2020 4 Decades around the sun
30 Aug, 2020 September not-back-to-school
08 Aug, 2020 Five months of social distancing so far
30 Jul, 2020 Family Stories: an expulsion
26 Jul, 2020 Scotland holiday
11 May, 2020 Family Stories: my mother's early years
10 May, 2020 Family Stories: my father's early years
09 May, 2020 Family Stories: my father's side
08 May, 2020 When the kids won't cooperate
08 May, 2020 Family Stories: my mother's side
30 Apr, 2020 My journey: growing as a Christian
26 Apr, 2020 We've been lying to our children. This ends now.
13 Apr, 2020 What made me a Christian?
26 Mar, 2020 Covid-19: what if we only have weeks to live?
25 Mar, 2020 Golden time
18 Mar, 2020 Staycation Island has a rhythm, not a timetable
16 Mar, 2020 We're on Staycation Island
15 Mar, 2020 Covid-19: what's a Christian to do?
14 Mar, 2020 Covid-19: now our Lent looks different
04 Mar, 2020 Navigating relationships
02 Mar, 2020 A screen free Lent
08 Jan, 2020 Enjoying my children
30 Dec, 2019 2019: our year
28 Nov, 2019 Christmas: towards celebrating the Giver over the gifts
31 Oct, 2019 Kenya, part 4 - final days
28 Oct, 2019 Kenya, part 3 - meanwhile in Mombasa
27 Oct, 2019 Kenya, part 2 - hospital with a sick child
20 Oct, 2019 Kenya, part 1 - into the back country
24 Sep, 2019 What is brave?
16 Sep, 2019 Nursery, round 2
02 Sep, 2019 The privilege of choice
06 Jun, 2019 End of an era: playgroups
27 May, 2019 Party bags and the refusal of social pressure
18 May, 2019 New adventures in Spring
10 Mar, 2019 Running ragged
11 Feb, 2019 Vienna 2019
07 Feb, 2019 A 'relaxed' mum
04 Feb, 2019 Reflections on being with the kids
31 Dec, 2018 2018: our year
25 Dec, 2018 Joy beyond what I thought could exist
20 Dec, 2018 Listening to my child
21 Oct, 2018 Questioning our culture
24 Sep, 2018 A scare, and answered prayer
15 Sep, 2018 Intentionally discipling
12 Sep, 2018 A joyous age - 2 and 4 years old
05 Sep, 2018 We like term time
07 Jan, 2018 2018 Resolutions - building family life
30 Dec, 2017 Our 2017
08 Dec, 2017 What difference does being a Christian make to my life?
28 Nov, 2017 I refuse to parent by fear
19 Nov, 2017 Building family Christmas traditions
10 Nov, 2017 A new vocation
22 Oct, 2017 The lure of coping mechanisms old and new
19 Oct, 2017 I'm doing too much
12 May, 2017 The question of obedience
31 Jan, 2017 Sleep: an experience of powerlessness
16 Dec, 2016 Life with 2 under 2
14 Dec, 2016 Adding baby 2 - the first weeks
12 Jul, 2016 Living undistracted
11 May, 2016 I'm not the parent I thought I would be
07 May, 2016 Things parenthood teaches me about God
06 Jan, 2016 Deepening friendships
31 Dec, 2015 2015: a look back
17 Dec, 2015 Building a life
05 Oct, 2015 Not bracing for impact
02 Jul, 2015 Why I'm confident in my mothering
13 Jun, 2015 Towards living the dream
15 May, 2015 Baby without routine
13 Apr, 2015 Raising my child vegan
31 Mar, 2015 Wanted: good posture
22 Mar, 2015 Six months making milk
16 Mar, 2015 Baby friendly strangers
13 Mar, 2015 On mental discipline
05 Mar, 2015 The end of my body image issues
04 Jan, 2015 Why I went vegan in 2000
17 Dec, 2014 AA slogans in my mothering
05 Dec, 2014 Live with a 2-month-old
18 Nov, 2014 Living Green-ish
14 Nov, 2014 Emotional depth: motherhood level
01 Nov, 2014 Accepting help
05 Oct, 2014 Naming a new human
29 Sep, 2014 The Birth
13 Sep, 2014 Pregnancy Complications
03 Sep, 2014 Fear, trust and loving somebody I haven't met yet
30 Aug, 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge: suddenly everyone's heard of ALS
14 Aug, 2014 Freedom, self-control and keeping to a diet
27 Jul, 2014 Our love story
15 Jul, 2014 Why I take city over suburbs - even with baby
04 Jul, 2014 A label for everyone: looks like I'll be 'crunchy'
21 Jun, 2014 Children: Decision or Gift?
13 Jun, 2014 How much stuff do babies really (REALLY) need?
08 Jun, 2014 On taking up space
27 May, 2014 What to tell or not tell my husband
20 May, 2014 Reminder: I'm not in charge of my life (phew!)
07 May, 2014 Maybe love is all the point there is?
04 May, 2014 What's the value of parenting?
08 Apr, 2014 A Mother? Never ever did I think...
27 Jan, 2014 Self-improvement, self-induced guilt, and what really matters

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